2 hospitalized after 3-car wreck on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge ramp

Two people were taken to the hospital Monday after a wreck on the Verrazano-Narrows bridge eastbound.Staten Island Advance Photo

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A three-car collision on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge's ramp to the Belt Parkway Monday morning sent two people to the hospital, an MTA spokeswoman said.

The patients, one of whom complained of chest pains, were taken to Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, an FDNY spokesman said.

The crash occurred around 8:15 a.m. eastbound on the bridge's upper level. Because it happened on the ramp, the cars were able to pull over to the shoulder and avoid disrupting traffic, MTA spokeswoman Judie Glave said. The wreck was cleared by 8:55 a.m., she said.